French ‘tourist’ defiant amid claims her search for Queensland baby daddy is a hoax

The story of a French tourist claiming she fell pregnant to a Queensland man while on holiday in Mooloolaba has made headlines around the world – but is it a hoax?

The woman, who identifies herself as Natalie Aymot, posted a video online detailing a “beautiful night” with a Queensland man she claims to have met at O’Malley’s Irish Bar.

She said it was “love at first sight” but when she flew home to Paris the following day she lost her phone and with it, his number.

Six weeks later Ms Aymot claims she discovered she was pregnant and decided to fly back to the Sunshine Coast to find him.

A number of European and UK websites, including French news site 20 Minutes and The Sun, have begun to cast doubt on the story, questioning why the woman has failed to reveal the man’s name or the exact date the meeting occurred.

20 Minutes questions the “significant financial resources” Ms Aymot must have to make multiple trips between Australia and France.

She identifies the man only by describing him as 180cm tall, with blue eyes and blond hair – a description not unusual for a Sunshine Coast resident.